Sad to read that Paul Simon, one of my favorite singer/songwriters, has lost hearing in his left ear and may cease performing. Still, his new EP Seven Psalms is extraordinary. #watercolor #watercolorportrait@paulsimonofficial #paulsimon #singersongwriter@iamtheleopard 🎨

"Only play what you hear. If you don't hear anything, don't play anything." Happy Birthday to the late CHICK COREA (Poster design from 2014) #keithhenrybrown #ilamtheleopard #chickcoreaelektricband #chickcoreaspain

Happy Father’s Day! Looking for a book to read aloud with the father figure in your life? MY DAD IS A DJ by @kathyerskine & The JazzLeopard YOU BE DADDY by Karla Clark, Steph Lew MY DADDY RULES THE WORLD by Hope Anita Smith DADDIES ARE AWESOME by Meredith Costain, Polona Lovšin

Check out the great events happening at The Word Is Change this month!

From the #IDPodcast archive: In Episode 157, Giuseppe spoke with Keith Henry Brown (The JazzLeopard) about what illustrators can learn from musicians; what it means to feel entitled to your mistakes—and how that applies to creativity; and more. illustrationdept.com/podcast/giusep…

I’m Princess 👑 Abigail The STORY Teller The JazzLeopard @KathyErskine Tag 🏷️ You’re It!! MY DAD IS A DJ ❤️

Nils Lofgren wearing the jacket I gave him (which I wore on my first album cover)  and playing James Honeyman Scott’s Zermatis  guitar at the recent Bruce Springsteen show in Hyde Park. Now, that’s what I call flying the flag. Nice one Nils! We love you! XCH

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Thinking about the great JOHN LEWIS who passed away 3 years ago today. 10 year old Tybre Faw drove 7 hours with his grandmothers from Tennessee to meet John Lewis. Then this happened. This is the moment that told me I HAD to draw our book! Repost from Dana Bash

“You have to lose yourself to find yourself.” Happy Birthday to the versatile actor WILLEM DAFOE. #keithhenrybrown #iamtheleopard #markerillustration #penanink #willemdafoe #actor #actorportrait #cityoffire #platoon #thelighthouse #antichrist #spiderman #floridaproject

“Never the world's most highly animated showman or greatest stage personality, but a tone so beautiful it sometimes brought tears to the eyes—this was Johnny Hodges. This is Johnny Hodges." - Duke Ellington Happy Birthday, JOHNNY "Rabbit" HODGES #johnnyhodges #dukeellington

“No, I don’t believe in heaven or hell. I don’t believe in any sort of burning. I don’t believe it’s right to teach children that God is somebody that will punish them if they misbehave, that God isn’t somebody who understands. That’s an abuse of children.”

“Life is loneliness… Yes, there is joy, fulfillment and companionship — but the loneliness of the soul, in its appalling self-consciousness, is horrible and overpowering.” - Sylvia Path Running In The Sand (African woman) #markers #china marker #photoshopcolor

“I feel my characters are valid, my characters are people, my characters have hope. Hope is the thing that'll take us through.” Happy Birthday, JACK KIRBY! There would be no Marvel Comics without JK!

“The only pain in pleasure is the pleasure of the pain.” Happy Birthday, ANNE RICE. #keithhenrybrown🎨 The JazzLeopard Anne Rice @annericevampireball #watercolor #interviewwiththevampire #thevampirelestat #watercolorpainting #watercolorportrait e Shan O'Saur ᕕ(ಠ_ಠ)ᕗ.words

Louis Armstrong Gets the Last Word on Louis Armstrong thenation.com/article/cultur…

“It’s an artist’s duty to reflect the times in which we live.” nina baker #ninasimone #keithhenrybrown🎨 #chinamarker #markerdrawing #portrait #markerdrawingart #mississippigoddamn #illustration #pianist #soulsinger #portraitart @pwlicensing Shan O'Saur ᕕ(ಠ_ಠ)ᕗwordsartrep @painted.words

It’s almost that time of year! My annual two-week residency at the world-famous Village Vanguard (Village Vanguard) starts next week, December 5th. Get your tickets now!!!! Look at the photo to see what bands are on deck. Tickets: villagevanguard.squadup.com/2022.html

“Any book worth banning is a book worth reading.” -Isaac Asimov. Was invited by my agency Shan O'Saur ᕕ(ಠ_ಠ)ᕗ.words to create a postcard for j.f.foxbooks grass roots campaign to support School Librarians, kids' freedom to read, and to stand up against book bans.